Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2021-07-21

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Jul 21
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
1,302 head
▲ 89 vs last sale 1,213▼ 207 vs year ago 1,509 · −13.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers 5.00 to 7.00 lower, heifers 7.00 lower. Holsteins steers 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Demand for this offering of clean cattle was good. Seventeen loads full loads offered this week. Weighing conditions favorable as most were hauled in overnight. CME Live Cattle and Corn both higher today. Slaughter cows Breaker and Lean steady, Boner 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter Bulls steady.

Traditional slaughter weight lambs 8.00 to 11.00 lower. Demand for this nice offering of lambs was moderate. Ewes Good 2-3 and 4-5 steady, Utility 10.00 to 20.00 lower.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low2,00392.461,85236
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,70982.401,40825
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,52674.941,14355
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,32761.1281118
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,16752.5161340
Dairy SteersChoiceHigh1,456109.871,59969
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,429103.801,48324
HeifersChoiceAverage1,291116.681,50699
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,227114.061,39917
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,376117.701,620119
SteersChoiceAverage1,480117.701,742618

Every lot

23 lots · USDA AMS · Sioux Falls Regional Livestock Auction - Worthing, SD
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,374117.77/cwt117.25–119.001,618111
Steers—Select and Choice1,403116.75/cwt116.75–116.751,6388
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,414117.55/cwt116.00–120.251,66227
Steers—Choice1,460117.37/cwt116.00–121.501,714378
Steers—Choice1,523118.30/cwt117.00–120.501,802213
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,200107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,2845
Heifers—Select and Choice1,238117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,44812
Heifers—Choice1,291116.68/cwt115.00–119.001,50699
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,843100.56/cwt99.50–102.501,8537
Bulls——2,01093.41/cwt90.00–97.001,87814
Bulls——2,07087.80/cwt83.00–90.001,81715
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12649.43/cwt40.00–56.0055728
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16551.56/cwt50.00–56.006016
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,26459.70/cwt57.00–62.0075512
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,30560.00/cwt60.00–60.007831
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37064.19/cwt62.00–67.008799
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51773.04/cwt70.00–76.001,10835
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,52071.00/cwt71.00–71.001,0793
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55379.24/cwt78.00–80.001,23119
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,70982.40/cwt80.00–87.001,40825
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,429103.80/cwt102.50–105.001,48324
Dairy Steers—Choice1,434108.61/cwt107.00–114.001,55761
Dairy Steers—Choice1,620119.50/cwt119.50–119.501,9368

This sale against other markets

South Dakota weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every South Dakota auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.